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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, College—The Ghost of False Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Wise and assertive.
(b) She wore the pants in the family.
(c) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.
(d) Strong but passive.

2. What does Mel believe about himself while in college?
(a) He is proud and gay.
(b) He is straight and resisting temptation.
(c) He would understand everything better after becoming educated.
(d) He could be gay and still have a good marriage with Lyla.

3. What does Mel not know the origins of?
(a) His desire to excel above everyone else.
(b) His self confidence.
(c) His desire to know God.
(d) His self hatred.

4. How old is Mel White when he hears a young seminarian preach at a church camp?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

5. In what capacity does Mel serve in his high school?
(a) Student body president.
(b) Captain of the basketball team.
(c) Captain of the football team.
(d) President of the Honor Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Noni's parents to conceive her?

2. In what is Lyla totally uninterested?

3. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?

4. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?

5. Who dies ten years after he kisses Mel?

(see the answer key)

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